CGM Reviews: Betrayer

If the most effective horror stories are about confronting our fear of the unknown, then there are very few premises better set up to scare us than the one found in Blackpowder Games’ Betrayer. After washing ashore on the banks of a Virginian colony in 1604, the game’s protagonist discovers that none of the area’s dense forests and remote outposts are still inhabited, save for a single red-cloaked woman. What is left are wandering demons decked out in 17th century Spanish armour and the ghosts of the annihilated Natives and English colonists. Aside from this rather creepy company the player is completely alone in the desolate woods and ruined colonial forts.